Brunson scores 26, replacements help Mavericks beat Wolves

— Jalen Brunson scored 26 points, Dorian Finney-Smith came alive in the second half and the Dallas Mavericks, with a boost from two newly signed players, defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-102 in a battle of attrition Tuesday night.
Dec 22, 2021, 05:37 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Sterling Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Frank Ntilikina misses tip shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 1-foot driving dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses driving floating jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Brunson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sterling Brown assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Malik Beasley assists)
  • Dwight Powell makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
  • Frank Ntilikina misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dwight Powell misses layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Dwight Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dwight Powell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Frank Ntilikina misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sterling Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Brunson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trey Burke assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jalen Brunson misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Sterling Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses driving layup
  • Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Trey Burke misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Brunson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Theo Pinson assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Moses Brown makes dunk (Trey Burke assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Moses Brown makes dunk (Frank Ntilikina assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Malik Beasley assists)
  • Trey Burke makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordan McLaughlin misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Burke makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Burke makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Theo Pinson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trey Burke assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Burke misses driving layup
  • Marquese Chriss makes tip shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes layup
  • Trey Burke makes layup
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Theo Pinson misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jake Layman makes alley oop layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
  • Jake Layman makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Marquese Chriss makes 22-foot jumper (Theo Pinson assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Marquese Chriss misses 42-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Brunson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Boban Marjanovic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Boban Marjanovic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Boban Marjanovic misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Theo Pinson blocks Naz Reid 's 4-foot layup
  • Theo Pinson misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Frank Ntilikina misses driving floating jump shot
  • Boban Marjanovic makes two point shot
  • Jalen Brunson blocks Jordan McLaughlin's layup
  • Boban Marjanovic makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid blocks Boban Marjanovic's two point shot
  • Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley makes two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels misses two point shot
  • Jalen Brunson makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Boban Marjanovic makes 10-foot two point shot (Trey Burke assists)
  • Boban Marjanovic makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Dorian Finney-Smith 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Trey Burke misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley misses two point shot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Dwight Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dwight Powell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes two point shot (Frank Ntilikina assists)
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 3-foot dunk (Theo Pinson assists)
  • Dwight Powell misses 15-foot jumper
  • Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Theo Pinson misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Trey Burke misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sterling Brown misses layup
  • Dwight Powell makes dunk
  • Jordan McLaughlin misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Brunson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jalen Brunson makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jalen Brunson misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Theo Pinson makes dunk
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Brunson makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Jalen Brunson misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Jalen Brunson misses free throw 3 of 3
  • Jalen Brunson misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 20-foot two point shot
  • Theo Pinson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Theo Pinson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malik Beasley makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Jalen Brunson makes 12-foot two point shot (Dwight Powell assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot two point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Dwight Powell makes 2-foot dunk (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • Jalen Brunson makes 11-foot two point shot (Sterling Brown assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Dwight Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dwight Powell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malik Beasley misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
  • Dwight Powell makes alley oop dunk shot (Jalen Brunson assists)
  • Naz Reid makes three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dwight Powell assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Naz Reid blocks Dwight Powell 's 5-foot layup
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Sterling Brown makes driving layup (Trey Burke assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 18-foot jumper
  • Sterling Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trey Burke assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Theo Pinson misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Jalen Brunson misses two point shot
  • Trey Burke misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Dorian Finney-Smith 's 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Malik Beasley misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Trey Burke misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Burke makes two point shot (Frank Ntilikina assists)
  • Marquese Chriss blocks Jordan McLaughlin's layup
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes two point shot (Trey Burke assists)
  • Jake Layman misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Frank Ntilikina makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
  • Jake Layman misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 12-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Frank Ntilikina misses 42-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Theo Pinson misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Nathan Knight misses hook shot
  • Nathan Knight misses two point shot
  • Nathan Knight makes two point shot
  • Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Brunson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jaylen Nowell makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naz Reid makes 3-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Boban Marjanovic misses 11-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Boban Marjanovic makes 4-foot two point shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Sterling Brown makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • Nathan Knight blocks Boban Marjanovic 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Jaylen Nowell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nathan Knight misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nathan Knight makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Brunson misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sterling Brown assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Marquese Chriss makes dunk (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Brunson makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Frank Ntilikina assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
  • Jalen Brunson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marquese Chriss misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
  • Sterling Brown makes 5-foot two point shot (Jalen Brunson assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Frank Ntilikina makes 22-foot jumper (Jalen Brunson assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Brunson misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Jaylen Nowell makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Jaylen Nowell misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jalen Brunson makes 2-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Brunson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Brunson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
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